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The Digital Human

Series 5

Episode 1: Time

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Aleks Krotoski explores the technology of timekeeping. As clocks get more accurate and time becomes more abstract, what does that mean for how we experience it? Show more

The Digital Human

Series 5

Episode 2: Voice

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Aleks Krotoski asks if the digital world is robbing us of our voice. When we would rather text or message than speak to someone, are we still listening? Show more

The Digital Human

Series 5

Episode 3: Whispers

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

The Digital Human explores whether the online world is inhibiting truth by amplifying the spread of rumour. Show more

The Digital Human

Series 5

Episode 4: Quantize

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Aleks Krotoski asks how human beings can cope with a world saturated by data. For some it is clay to be moulded and built with, while for others it is the route to self-knowledge. Show more

The Digital Human

Series 5

Episode 6: Sell

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

In a world where every click is a selling opportunity either for us or to us, how do we take advantage of the one without being taken in by the other? Show more

The Digital Human

Series 5

Episode 5: Broken

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Digital devices operate in binary ways; either they're working or they're a brick. Aleks Krotoski asks what this means for our natural instincts as tool builders and tool breakers. Show more